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Definitions for Adopting
[1] to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
[2] to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act.
[3] to take or receive into any kind of new relationship: to adopt a person as a protégé.
[4] to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course.
[5] to vote to accept: The House adopted the report.
[6] to accept or act in accordance with (a plan, principle, etc.).
[7] adopt out , to place (a child) for adoption: The institution may keep a child or adopt it out.
[8] law to bring (a person) into a specific relationship, esp to take (another's child) as one's own child
[9] to choose and follow (a plan, technique, etc)
[10] to take over (an idea, etc) as if it were one's own
[11] to take on; assume to adopt a title
[12] to accept (a report, etc)
Words related to Adopting
adoptuse, ratify, support, accept, maintain, embrace, endorse, follow, approve, select, choose, raise, opt, mimic, tap, seize, assume, affirm, assent, utilize
Words nearby Adopting
adoptadon olam, adonai, adonic, adonijah, adonis, adopt, adoptable, adopted, adoptee, adoption, adoption curve
Origin of Adopting
1490–1500; (< Middle French adopter ) < Latin adoptāre, equivalent to ad- ad- + optāre to opt
Words that may be confused with Adopting
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, adoptadapt, adept, adopt, adopted, adoptive
Other words from Adopting
a·dopt·er , noun
non·a·dopt·er , noun
pre·a·dopt , verb (used with object)
qua·si-a·dopt , verb (used with object)
qua·si-a·dopt·ed , adjective
re·a·dopt , verb (used with object)
un·a·dopt·ed , adjective
well-a·dopt·ed , adjective
Word origin for Adopting
C16: from Latin adoptāre to choose for oneself, from optāre to choose
Synonyms for Adopting
accept, approve, embrace, endorse, follow, maintain, ratify, select, support, take up, use, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, assent, assume, borrow, espouse, imitate, mimic, opt, seize, tap, utilize, go down the line, go in for, take on, take over